Swine
13 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
20 sections
- Described: Destructive to Agriculture
- Described: Fierce and Ungenerous
- Described: Filthy in Its Habits
- Fed Upon Husks
- Feeding of
- Forbidden As Food
- Herding of, Considered As the Greatest Degradation to a Jew
- Hypocrites
- Jesus Sends Demons Into The
- Jewels in the Nose of
- Kept in Large Herds
- Sacrificing of, an Abomination
- Sow Returns to Her Wallowing
- The Gergesenes Punished for Having
- The Ungodly Jews Condemned for Eating
- The Wicked
- Unclean and not to be Eaten
- Viciousness of
- when Wild Inhabited the Woods
- Wild Boar
Described: Destructive to Agriculture
- Psalm 80:13 The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
Described: Fierce and Ungenerous
- Matthew 7:6 Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
Described: Filthy in Its Habits
- 2 Peter 2:22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
Fed Upon Husks
- Luke 15:16 He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
Feeding of
- Luke 15:15–16 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. …
Forbidden As Food
- Leviticus 11:7 And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
- Deuteronomy 14:8 as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.
Herding of, Considered As the Greatest Degradation to a Jew
- Luke 15:15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
Hypocrites
- 2 Peter 2:22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
Jesus Sends Demons Into The
- Matthew 8:28–32 When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. …
- Mark 5:11–14 There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. …
- Luke 8:32–33 There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission. …
Jewels in the Nose of
- Proverbs 11:22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
Kept in Large Herds
- Matthew 8:30 In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.
Sacrificing of, an Abomination
- Isaiah 66:3 Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one …
Sow Returns to Her Wallowing
- 2 Peter 2:22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
The Gergesenes Punished for Having
- Matthew 8:31–32 So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” …
- Mark 5:11 There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.
- Mark 5:14 Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
The Ungodly Jews Condemned for Eating
- Isaiah 65:4 sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.
- Isaiah 66:17 “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves — to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats — will perish together,” declares the LORD.
The Wicked
- Matthew 7:6 Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
Unclean and not to be Eaten
- Leviticus 11:7–8 And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. …
Viciousness of
- Matthew 7:6 Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
when Wild Inhabited the Woods
- Psalm 80:13 The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
Wild Boar
- Psalm 80:13 The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
Related topics
Swine used for FoodSwine for SacrificeGadarenesThe Wicked are Compared to SwineThe Wicked are Compared to Dogs
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.